TOULOUSE, France – Do all roads lead to Jean-Charles de Castelbajac ?

In a game of six degrees of separation, the French fashion designer could easily be connected to almost any major pop culture icon. A new exhibition highlights his Zelig-like track record of working with everyone from Andy Warhol to Lady Gaga, Robert Mapplethorpe and Pope John Paul II.

“ Jean-Charles de Castelbajac , the Power of Imagination,” which opened Friday at Les Abattoirs, a contemporary art museum in the southern French city of Toulouse, is the largest retrospective to date on the 76-year-old designer.

It features close to 300 items ranging from signature designs like his teddy bear coat and Iceberg cartoon sweaters, prized by the hip-hop set, to archival documents, photos, collages, films and installa

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